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Bulgaria top budget destination in the world
When the credit cards bills roll in after a holiday the shock can be enough to leave you needing another break.
There may be a solution .. . and it's called Bulgaria.
When holiday destinations were assessed for weather, cost and quality of accommodation and price of food and drink the east European destination came out as the overall best value option.
A pint of beer in the country, which has fine beaches along its Black Sea coast, costs 49p on average.
A three-star hotel double room with breakfast averages £45-a-night, a three-course meal £7, a Big Mac £1 and a short taxi ride £1.45.
In second place was Morocco which, with only four days of rain a month, is particularly appealing to sun lovers.
Travellers heading for Marrakech and other resorts can expect to pay 51p a pint, £50-a-night for an equivalent hotel room, £10.50 for a meal, £1.48 for a burger and £2.80 for a cab.
Tunisia, which offers beach holidays and desert adventures, came third with Egypt fourth, the Czech Republic fifth and India sixth.
By comparison, tourists will pay for the privilege of sticking to favourites such as the Costa del Sol, the South of France or the Italian Riviera.
Spain may be the most visited destination but it came a lowly 17th in the value league commissioned by Teletext Holidays. A pint in Spain averages £1.56, the hotel room £80, meal £17.50, hamburger £2.25 and taxi £6.50.
France is the second most popular country, according to the Association of British Travel Agents' figures, and Italy the fifth. But both are more expensive than Spain.
A pint is £3.55 in France and £3.02 in Spain while the hotel rooms cost £100 and £95 and the meal £18.50 and £35 respectively. The burger is £2.25 in each country and the cab fare is £7.80 and £4.86 respectively.
Researchers found Bulgaria to have the cheapest pint, the Czech Republic the cheapest three-course meal at £6 and Egypt the best value Big Mac at 65p. The least expensive hotel rooms were in the Caribbean at £25.
Ash Makkar of Teletext Holidays said: "Interest in countries such as Morocco and India has grown significantly, proving people are becoming more adventurous when it comes to booking a trip abroad."
dailymail.co.uk (09 March 2008)
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